Omkar Godbole

Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor and analyst on CoinDesk's Markets team. He has been covering crypto options and futures, as well as macro and cross-asset activity, since 2019, leveraging his prior experience in directional and non-directional derivative strategies at brokerage firms. His extensive background also encompasses the FX markets, having served as a fundamental analyst at currency and commodities desks for Mumbai-based brokerages and FXStreet. Omkar holds small amounts of bitcoin, ether, BitTorrent, tron and dot.

Omkar holds a Master's degree in Finance and a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation.

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Markets

First Mover: Resistance Is Futile as Bitcoin Breaches $15K, Crypto Gets Greedy

As bitcoin surges, bullish analysts (and greedy traders) see few stopping points before prices challenge the all-time high near $20K.

As bitcoin rallies, analysts say $15,000 might just be another milestone on the way to higher prices.

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As Bitcoin Surges, Google Searches Suggest Little FOMO Among Retail Investors

Web search data suggests popular interest in bitcoin remains at normal levels, despite a sharp price rally to near $16,000.

Bitcoin has rallied sharply over this week

Markets

Bitcoin Breaks $15K as Investor Numbers Peak

Bitcoin's rally is still going as investors continue to accumulate the cryptocurrency, ignoring overbought signals on technical indicators.

One-year chart of bitcoin prices, Nov. 5, 2019 to Nov. 5, 2020.

Markets

Someone Just Paid a $9,000 Fee for a $120 DeFi Transaction

A Reddit user said they accidentally paid a fee 80 times the transaction value while executing a swap on Uniswap.

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Bitcoin Jumps Above $14.5K, Taking 2020 Gains to Over 100%

Bitcoin's price jumped to a 33-month high of $14,558 soon before press time, taking the year-to-date gains to 101%.

Bitcoin prices since Jan. 1 2020

Markets

First Mover: Just Another Day for Bitcoin as US Election Slides Into Discord, Division

Prediction markets show Trump losing, though bitcoin bulls didn't get Democratic "blue wave" that might have brought speedy stimulus package.

A waitress at a local bar in Beijing watches as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks via television early Wednesday.

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Binance Recovers $344K From Scam DeFi Project Launched on Its Platform

Having raised the funds at launch on Binance Smart Chain in October, the operator fled with users' cryptocurrency "within an hour," Binance said.

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Nearly $1B in Bitcoin Moves From Wallet Linked to Silk Road

A wallet possibly belonging to early dark net market Silk Road moved almost $1 billion worth of bitcoin early on Wednesday.

Convicted Silk Road operator Ross William Ulbricht

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Bitcoin Dips as Trump Threatens to Stop Vote Counting

Bitcoin fell after President Trump alleged "fraud” in the presidential election and pledged to stop vote counting.

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Tech

Ethereum Fees Plummeted 65% in October Following DeFi Volumes Back to Earth

Miners' income from processing transactions on the Ethereum blockchain more than halved in October as the mania for DeFi cooled.

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